After sitting atop Kentucky’s 2021 recruiting big board for years, the Cats have successfully secured a commitment from hometown star, Jager Burton. How big of a deal is it for the big guy to stay home? Let me try to explain.
Beating the Big Dogs
I don’t care where the kid is from, anytime you can beat out Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Oregon for a recruit, you’re doing something right.
Lexington has become a hot bed of talent for elite offensive linemen. A trend that Landon Young began, the other top 100 prospects from Lexington that followed Young opted to go elsewhere: Jedrick Wills chose Alabama and Burton’s former Frederick Douglass teammate, Walker Parks, signed with Clemson.